Did it!

So I did the stunt holding the flyer on my own, and I can do it!  Yay me!

Unfortunately, our flyer was away this week, so I didn't get to try the double base tonight.  But we did do a two-base-group stunt, the other groups' flyer falls into our cradle, then we pop her back up to their double base, and I did that OK.  So I think there's hope for me.

I'm having a blast, this is so much fun.  Our first competition is november 8th, although the coach suspects that we'll be the only parents' team there.  So next week we'll learn the spoken cheer portion, and that will be it for that competition and we'll add more later.  

Ultimate pride, the best you'll see!  Excellence, perfection, UCC... Stray Cats!

Not easy!

I was asked to base for the first time tonight. I did OK, t great, but my wrists just weren't supporting the weight as we lifted.  I mostly just need more practice, I think...

I've also been asked to be a base for a stunt, I lie on the ground and put my hands together over my chest, elbows locked, and another woman steps into my hands with one foot.  There's someone behind her to help her balance, but basically I have to hold her for about 14 seconds.  The catch is that she wasn't there tonight, so I was just going through the motions and I'm worried that I won't actually be able to do it.  I'm going to try with my daughter tomorrow and see... if I can't hold up a 70 lb child, there's no way I can do an adult!

Learning the routine

First "real" practice of the season last night.  We learned the first 32 counts of the routine, and it took over an hour, and we still haven't done the whole thing together with the stunt lift.

But it was fun!